nyasas on body of a yanLra
ManLras are energles flowlng wlLhln Lhe body of a ?anLra. ?anLra ls Lhe physlcal body of a llvlng person,
or an energy dlagram, or a loLus body. nyasa ls boLh a LanLrlc and vedlc Lechnlque ( for example
mahanayas, or [eevakala nyas, raLna nyas, shlla nyas, eLc.,) whlch lnvokes varlous flow of energles lnLo
Lhese yanLras. lnvocaLlon of llfe or heallng can Lake be made by an elecLrlfylng Louch, flow of mllk-
yoghurL-ghee-frulL [ulces-honey-herbal scenLed waLers or even sensuously massaglng Lhe body or a
yanLra. ollshlng a yanLra or a sculpLure, bufflng can also be consldered nyasas. nyasa ls also called
kavach, a proLecLlve shleld agalnsL all Lypes of psychlc lnvaslons and Lo clear Lhem lf Lhey occur. So Lhey
have boLh prevenLlve and defenslve aspecLs.
Srl vldya has CanapaLl, Shyama, varahl, LallLa as Lhe maln delLles. 1hey allow householders seeklng
wealLh and con[ugal bllss also Lo geL released from Lhe necesslLy of Laklng blrLhs agaln and agaln as
opposed Lo oLher delLles who glve only pleasure(here) or only llberaLlon. All Lhe Srl vldya delLles are
pleased by nyasas on Lhe body, loLuses and Lhelr geomeLrlcal yanLras. Anganyas, karanyas, angapu[as of
llmbs whlch hold energles (shakLl peeLhas) are all very well known Lo everyone on Lhe paLh Lo dlvlnlLy.
CanapaLl , Shyama, varahl and LallLa all lnvoke Lhe Lhree lllumlnaLlons comlng from Lhe cosmlc flre, suns
(heaL of compresslon) and moons ( coolness of expanslon). lnslde a llvlng person, Lhe same flre
manlfesLs ln Lhree ways. 1. As procreaLlve drlve or llbldo, 2. As dlgesLlve flre and 3. As speech. 1he sun
and moon are consldered Lo be Loxln removlng ouLgolng breaLh and llfe glvlng lncomlng breaLh.
8esldes lnvoklng flre, sun and moon, Shyama has Per own 3 nyasas. 1. Shadanga 2. 8ala + 30 maLruka
bl[a 3. 8aLl-rlLl-Mnaobhava 4. Shyama manLra ln 17 parLs forward and 3. Same parLs ln reverse
dlrecLlon. 1hese nyasas are used Lo aLLracL dlvlne enLlLles Lo make love, make Lhe person deslrable, brlng
poeLry, aLLracL powerful male/females, all klndhearLed and lovlng belngs,, conLrol aLLacklng beasLs, geL
Lo know lovers ln asLral belngs llke gandharvas and apsaras.
AfLer flre, sun and moon lnvocaLlons,
LallLa has a seL of 9 nyasas formlng an lndesLrucLlble dlamond cage. Pere Lhe nyasas are done Lo Lhe
physlcal body parLs as well as parLs of Srl ?anLra, an lndesLrucLlble geomeLry of 9 cages. lLs lnner 3 cages
descrlbe how Lhe world came ouL of a seed whlch ls boLh null and full. 1he mlddle 3 descrlbe how parLs
of Lhe sensory and moLor funcLlons of flve elemenLs make up Lhe world. 1he ouLer 3 levels descrlbe
how lndlvlduals separaLe from Lhe world and llve wlLh an llluslon of separaLeness. Colng from ouLslde Lo
lnslde of Srl Chakra, Lhe Lhree sLaLes of belng awake, dream and sleep of belngs, Lhelr emoLlons,
asplraLlons and achlevemenLs are mapped lnLo Srl ?anLra. 1he mlddle 3 cages connecL Lhe loLus body Lo
Lhe cosmlc body and prove Lhe posLulaLe LhaL llfe exlsLs before blrLh and afLer deaLh, lL ls of Lhe world
and apparenLly lL ls lndesLrucLlble. 1he lnnermosL 3 levels descrlbe 1. Lhe groups of energles 2. Cf space
Llme and maLLer and 3. Collapse of space Llme maLLer/energy lnLo null-full lndlsLlngulshable enLlLy called
Lhe Supreme Consclousness.
1here anlmaLlons avallable whlch descrlbe ln deLall how Lo do Lhese nyasas properly.
lL ls easy Lo see LhaL nyasas serve Lo proLecL, heal and energlze people's llves. ConsLanL pracLlce wlLh
undersLandlng glves experlenLlal base on whlch a llfelong commlLmenL Lo a dlvlne llfe can be bullL.
varahl ls uandlnl for LallLha. ln Lhe place of chlef force she sLops evll power, proLecLs dlsclples.
Wake-up durlng mld-nlghL llsLen Lo Lhe AnAPA1A sound from Lhe PearL and medlLaLe ln Anandadalnl,
do namaskaram on head sLaLlng "Slvadl Srl Curubhyonamaha", Whlle chanLlng varahl manLras add
varahl makuLam as Alm Clowmu" . (exp. Alm SaraswaLhl, Cloum CanapaLhl. Ardhanarlsvara ln lace and
varahl ls Mukha Llngam)
uurlng varahl do uwlLar nyasa MaLrukasampuLam ln 41 places. 1hen do anchanga nyasas, Shadanga
nyasas. 1hen do self decoraLlon, conLlnue wlLh Argya Sodhana. ConLlnue wlLh anchaka nyasam and
Mula vldyasLaka khanda nyasa and varahl MaLruka nyasam.
